Non-refillable bottle



PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

B- 0; LUKS. NON REPlLLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1903.

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witnesses Patented January 12, 1904.

ATENI FHQE.

EMIL C. LUKS, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

sPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,570, dated January 12, 1904. Application filed September 5, 1903. Serial No. 172,066. No model.)

To all whom, [It may concern:

Be it known that l, EMIL (J. LUKS, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Reading, in i the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and] do hereby declare the followingtobeafull, clear, and I exact description of the invention, such as will 1 enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to improvements in" non-refillable bottles, the object being to prof duce a bottle which after being emptied of its contents cannot be refilled.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows a vertical scctional'view of a bottlc-neckicontain'ing my improvements.

1 indicates the neck of the bottle, and it is formed with a circular internal projection or shelf 2 near its lower .end. This shelf has a tapered central opening 3, in which rests a weight or valve 4, adapted to close said opening. Above this weight is located a depending tube 5, which has formed on its upper end an external ring 6, adapted to bear against the inside wall of the bottle-neck and keep the tube in proper position. This tube is formed with a diaphragm 7 aboutimidway of its length, and a rod 8 passes through this diaphragm and carries a valve 9 on its upper end and a disk 10 on its lower end. The upper valve seats against the ring 6 and the disk against the lower end of the tube. A coiled spring .v encircles the rod 8 between the diaphragm and the. disk 10. This spring bears against the under side of the diaphragm and tends to keep the upper valve 9 against its seat and the lower end of the tube open. The tube has a number of openings 11 just beneath the ring 6.

In the bottle-neck near its mouth I provide a safot,vslma\ 'e, which consists ol :1 ring 12, having depending arms 13 and acirculardisk l 14 formed on their lower end and larger in diameter than the opening in the ring 12.

This will prevent the insertion of any instrumerit for opening or interfering with the other parts.

When the bottle is tilted, the weight 4 will fall away from its seat in the opening 3 and contact with the disk 10, compressing the springs and closing the disk 10 against the under side of the tube 5. At the same time the valve 9 will open, and the liquid enter into the opening 3 will follow the course indicated by the arrows and flow freely from the bottle. The rev'crse'movement of the bottle will permit the weight 4 to fall into position again, closing the opening 3. The spring .5' will return the valve 9 to its seat, and the bottle will be effectually closed against any insertion of liquid.

The device may be formed directly in the bottlcmeeh, as l have shown it, or it may be formed in a tube and then inserted into the neck of the bottle.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a non-refillable l')Ottl03.ClI'CLllflI internal shelf 2 having a central opening 3 formed near the lower end of the bottle-neck, a weight 4 having a tapered bottom adapted to close the opening in said shelf, a tube 5 formed witha ring 6 at its top located above said weight, said tube having a series of openings 11 'beneath said ring and a diaphragm formed about midway of its length, a rod 8 passing through said diaphragm and carrying a valve 9 on its upper end and a disk 10 on its lower end, a spring s encircling said rod bctwcensaid diahragm and disk and a sleeve 12 located in the .mouth of the bottle comprising-a ring having depending arms 13 carryingacircular disk 14, all substantially as and for'thc purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 'in presence oftwo witnesses.

IGMIL (I. LU'hS. W itnesses;

En. A. KELLY, (iuo. M. MILLER. 

